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<div class="field field-name-non-displaying-content field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><!-- PLACEHOLDER --></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_full/public/Polly-Mahoney.jpg?itok=qC-bgbbL" width="500" height="263" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">One master dogsled guide finds her balance by spending time in the wild northern forests of Maine.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>Polly Mahoney is a master dogsled guide in the northern forests of Maine. She takes tourists on mushing and other adventures through the wild lands and rivers of Maine. She and her partner Kevin Slater have operated Mahoosuc Guide Service for more than 23 years.</p>
<h2>A lifelong relationship with the outdoors</h2>
<p>Polly Mahoney grew up in Maine and spent a decade in Alaska and Canada driving dogsleds and canoeing rivers and lakes. She spent a few years working for Outward Bound in Minnesota and Maine before returning back home to settle down.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I grew up in Maine and have always loved spending time in the outdoors,&rdquo; Polly says. &ldquo;We were raised playing in the woods and fields of rural Maine, and lived on a lake where we swam and boated.&rdquo;</p>
<p>She was also a competitive horseback rider in her youth, often riding through the woods and jumping over logs and stone walls. &ldquo;Spending time in the outdoors was always a way to keep a good balance in my life,&rdquo; she recalls.</p>
<h2>Wild and vital</h2>
<p>Wilderness is such a big part of Polly&rsquo;s life that she says losing her favorite lands would be devastating. &ldquo;I wouldn&sup1;t be able to make a living as I do now without wilderness, so it is very important to me. It is my sanity and gives me such peace and pleasure,&rdquo; she adds.</p>
<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Spending time in the outdoors was always a way to keep a good balance in my life.&rdquo;</p></blockquote>
<p>&ldquo;I like being outside in whatever weather is happening,&rdquo; Polly says. &ldquo;A day without being outside feels like a missed day of life.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px; "><a href="/node/788">The Mahoosucs</a></p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-video field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"></div></div><div class="field field-name-media-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Polly Mahoney and Kevin Slater</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-related-content field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col article article-landing-page article-promoted odd article-related-content view-mode-related_content clearfix ">
<div class="field field-name-field-promo-item-teaser field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Learn about our work in the Mahoosucs</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Between the White Mountain National Forest and the woods of Maine lies the wild Mahoosucs area.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/mahoosucs">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="ds-1col article article-type-article article-promoted even article-related-content view-mode-related_content clearfix ">
<div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article/why-mahoosucs"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/related_content/public/chewonki-semester-school-flickr_0.jpg?itok=AaNQWCua" width="220" height="115" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-item-teaser field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Why protect the Mahoosucs?</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A spectacular spot along the Appalachian Trail, the Mahoosucs are nestled between the woods of Maine and the White Mountain National Forest. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article/why-mahoosucs">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col article article-type-article article-promoted odd article-related-content view-mode-related_content clearfix ">
<div class="field field-name-field-content-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article/work-we-are-doing-mahoosucs"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://wilderness.org/sites/default/files/styles/related_content/public/trail%2C-chewonki-semester-school-flickr.jpg?itok=ivd0v4jE" width="220" height="115" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-promo-item-teaser field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Read about our work in the Mahoosucs</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-headline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">It’s easy to see why we work to conserve the Mahoosucs.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article/work-we-are-doing-mahoosucs">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:58:44 +0000Graziella Jackson681 at http://wilderness.orghttp://wilderness.org/article/pollys-story#comments